Man successfully appeals acquittal for murdering his mother by reason of insanity

A Roscommon man has successfully appealed his acquittal for the murder of his mother by reason of insanity, with the Court of Appeal ordering a retrial in May 2015. The 29-year-old had been acquitted by jury at the Central Criminal Court in Castlebar in May 2014 following the death of his mother at Abbeystown in September 2011 and was subsequently committed to the Central Mental Hospital. The appellant sought to…